Inventory varies with source material, at ReSource's retail stores as well as the building supply outlet. A walk-through might yield a handsome, wooden snack server, a formidable maple stirring spoon — or other kitchen-related treasures.

“Up-cycling” stuff that would otherwise be cast into a landfill is part of the nonprofit’s broader mission: to train youth to develop marketable skills.

This rice is delicious, and supplies are limited. He grows both short-grain brown and white varieties. Contact Boundbrook Farm through its website, www.VermontRice.net, or track down Andrus at the Burlington Farmers Market at the Davis Center of University of Vermont on Saturday.

Honey-drizzled sesame snacks — Bee Happy Vermont (Starksboro).

Addison County bees pitched floral notes into this nutty dessert. Crumbling these into a bowl of local ice cream might be just the ticket after a long walk.

These locally made fruit syrups are an easy and healthful way to add flavor to soda water (seltzer), pancakes, yogurt, cocktails or snow-cones.

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Fruit-based syrups, concocted at The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, are on display at Burlington Farmers Market.
Photographed on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.(Photo: JOEL BANNER BAIRD/FREE PRESS)

Locally harvested, organic fruit forms the basis of the syrups. Look for owners John and Nancy Hayden’s signature black currant concoction, as well as blends of elderberry/ginger/honey; strawberry/rhubarb; and raspberry/apple cider.

Other ingredients include Vermont maple syrup and honey.

Sample the syrup at Burlington Farmers Market, or contact The Farm Between at www.thefarmbetween.com for a tasting room near you.

Quayl Rewinski’s stocking stuffers include supercharged takes on old favorites like chocolate with peppermint, with peanut butter, caramel, espresso — and even a deluxe, chocolate-covered Oreo cookie. Discover more at www.quaylschocolates.com.

She mixes it up with out-of-the ordinary offerings (maple toffee with pistachios, whiskey/cayenne chocolate truffles) — and gets into gourmet trail-food territory with an assortment of “Magic Chunk” granola made from chocolate, granola and — of course — nuts.

Ann Clark’s inventory of cookie cutters is hard to beat. And the shop is set up to make custom designs, should you want to advance your brand with edibles.

Yes, you’ll find Christmas trees, gingerbread men, candy canes and snowflakes. But where else can you find cookie cutters in the shape of Vermont? Or a dog bone? Or a mustache? A tractor? An octopus? Or Donald Trump?

Vermont winters are all the more tolerable with regular doses of coffee and chocolate.

Lest we forget that these staples are grown in the tropics, a line of bags, clutches and totes (including wine bottle carriers) created by University of Vermont graduate Kara Greenblott serves to make the statement, with style.